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Quote from: bighitterdalama on September 17, 2024, 08:36:31 AMWE'd be tied for first if Daboll had dressed a kicker.

Or just had Gano send the kickoffs through the end zone so he wouldn't have to run down a returner.

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Quote from: kingm56 on September 10, 2024, 06:11:57 PMFirst, I believe firing Tom C was completely justified as the team had three consecutive losing seasons. The blunders are all tied together:

1. Not firing Reese with Coach C,
2. Hiring a GM who failed to realize the game had fundamentally changed. 
  --He was building the roster with an irrelevant play book.
3. As a byproduct of building a team to run the football, and stop the run, we wasted our #2 overall pick on Barkley

What I wished would have happened: Fire Tom C and Jerry Reese, move on from Eli, and draft Allen.  It all started with our failure to fire Reese the same year as Coughlin, every poor decision from that point (drafting Carter, drafting Toony over Parsons, etc..) was a byproduct of that blunder.   

You see draft picks failing year after year, a starting QB who was on the other side of his career, and coach that lost the locker room. They should have cleaned house.

For all the xxxx McAdoo gets, he led the team to the playoffs his first year and if not for Dak having a rookie season for the ages they could have had a bye that year. He just couldn't convince Mara to make post Eli plans.

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Quote from: Ed Vette on September 13, 2024, 08:27:28 AMThe Vikings were 29th, because of Dexter Lawrence. Darnold had a near career day.

Come on Ed, you have to have GREAT pass blocking or your QB won't thrive. Once DJ gets even average blocking he'll... oh.

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Quote from: MightyGiants on September 02, 2023, 06:50:08 AMIn both cases, we see a failure to factor in the supporting structure.  What we see is what Mike Lombardi refers to as "production scouts".

I think you're missing my point - there is an inherent hypocrisy amongst many Giants fans that insist Jones is the best QB in the NFCE and explain the lack of production to deficiencies in protection and weapons. But when Prescott or Hurts are lauded by the national media and front offices, their production is explained as simply a product of protection and weapons and they're not as good as Jones.

You cannot see this is simply fallacy? And to refer to Lombardi here to support your opinion is incongruous since he thinks Hurts is a blue chip QB and Jones is a vastly overpaid lower half QB.

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Quote from: MightyGiants on September 01, 2023, 07:53:32 PMPaul,

I completely agree with you.  We have seen from the survey of coaches and NFL front office people that they can be over-swayed by production, and they don't give enough consideration to support a QB receives.  Hurts had the best line, the best-receiving targets, and solid coaching (at least last season).  Any NFL-caliber QB will thrive in those conditions.

So everyone is convinced Jones is great but lacks the OL or WR to be successful, but when Hurts has the OL and WR he's just a product of the system.

Huh?

The general consensus is the Sony OLED are better at movies (due to better picture processing algorithms) while the LG are better at sports and gaming (because of the lower latency and multiple 2.1 HDMI ports). However, the Sony sets are priced at a premium, so for many people the difference in movie PQ isn't worth the extra 30%-40% price difference over the LG. Alternately, if you do like the look of the Sony sets, there isn't a world of difference between the two for sports and gaming, so go for it.

As far as optimal screen size, what really matters is how far away you sit from the TV. 65" at 8 feet is optimal while 10 feet moves up to 75". These measurements are based on the largest size that can still be seen without having to scan with your eyes or turn your head, which is another way to say it is immersive. Also, the higher size to distance ratio allows you to see 4K resolution. If you go under, you can't distinguish 1080p from 4K unless you have fighter pilot eyes.

Also note that the closer you are to your set the larger it looks, which is why I never wall mount my TVs. Pushing the set back another 2 feet effectively takes 10" off the perceived screen size.

I got a new 77" LG C1 OLED TV last month, and this thing is absolutely bonkers amazing. The color reproduction is fantastic, but what really sets OLED apart from LCD/LED TVs are the black levels. Having true black gives the picture more contrast and makes it look like it's almost 3D. No blooming and halos around white elements against a dark background also makes the picture cleaner and gives it more pop. Starry skies are rendered as white dots on a pure black background instead of a grayish background. I know the tendency is to shop for high peak brightness, but picture quality is affected most by how well the TV reproduces true black, and no LCD/LED set is able to manage that.

If you are in the market for a new TV, I highly recommend getting an OLED, although they are pricey in comparison. The price break for getting last year's model still put it $1000 over my typical TV budget, so the sticker shock is real. But it was totally worth it for me. I rationalized it as $200 as year for a giant leap in picture quality.

BTW, the terminology is a bit confusing due to marketing. All non-OLED TVs today are LCD panels. The "LED" is a reference to the backlight, not the display tech. So an "LED" TV is really an LCD TV with LED lighting. Some TVs are branded "QLED", where a quantum dot layer helps with color and light. But the panel itself is LCD.

The newest tech is QD-OLED, which is an actual OLED panel with a quantum dot layer to increase brightness. There are only two sets in the market using QD-OLED, a Samsung and a Sony. The Sony model bested all 4K TVs for picture quality, but both max out at 65", which is a deal breaker for me.

Quote from: Bob In PA on June 11, 2022, 03:46:21 PM[practicing using the new system] 

Before reading this post, how many of you were aware that...

TWO-THIRDS of all of the people in the entire history of the human race who lived past age 65... are alive right now... today?

Bob

Most of them are on BBH

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Excellent read!

"Robert "Fat Rob" Kelley is a bowling ball style runner with a big upside and an even bigger backside." 😅

I know it's Bleacher Report, but interesting analysis of Cousins and his lack of ability to throw with anticipation, which was not necessary by design and personnel. Without McVay and Jackson and Garcon, he might not even come close to the production of the past 3 years:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2730551-kirk-cousins-is-in-serious-trouble-without-desean-jackson-sean-mcvay

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The dumbest thing I read was one pundit saying the Giants could have "easily traded up to take Howard". This is not an automatic thing that just happens. The Jimmy Johnson draft value board is antiquated as it was created before the salary cap and made even more outdated in light of the rookie salary cap (it's also created out of whole cloth based purely on intuition and was just accepted as gospel because of Johnson's success in team building). So the asking price to move up is quite high in comparison to the JJ value board in the first round, and you have to find a suitor willing to take your offer. It is foolish and poor cap management these days to lose your second or third round pick to move up a few spots, assuming that is even possible. This is something you do for a foundation player, not a TE.

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Quote from: Painter on April 30, 2017, 09:55:28 AM
It would be nice to know what they really think. 

Cheers!

The round ups all contradict each other - some said Engram is a great pick while others say he's a reach. This guy thinks Tomlinson is a steal, the other guy says it's a draft killer. So taken as a whole, the analysis is folderol. But the Giants.com round up was... slanted.

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Here's a less cherry picked homer round up:

http://www.bigblueview.com/2017/4/30/15491428/nfl-draft-grades-2017-mel-kiper-espn-ny-giants

Thanks for the coverage Dave. I admit I didn't do any homework for the draft, so your write-ups are great for catching up.

One thing that sticks with me regarding Apple vs Hargreaves is the difference in run support. Amukamara had his faults (although the biggest sin was not being able to stay on the field) but he was good in run support, and if Hargreaves has a Deion Sander's like allergy to contact, that would immediately disqualify him from consideration.

Glad to hear as is well with you tommee.